In the 13th Army sector (facing the German 9th Army on the northern face of the salient) the density of anti-tank guns was 23.7 guns per kilometre of defended front. Indirect fire from howitzers would stop the German infantry, while direct fire from 45mm, 57mm, and 85 mm towed anti-tank guns and 76.2mm divisional field guns would destroy the tanks. The Red Army was determined to grind down attacking German units with a combination of mines and artillery fire. The density of artillery in the salient was unusual there were more artillery regiments in the salient than infantry regiments. Just read up on a good example of the use of artillery defensively in a tank battle at Kursk, the Soviets used massive amounts of artillery (there were more Soviet artillery regiments than infantry at Kursk!) to separate the German armour from their infantry support by targeting the soft infantry, then using anti-tank artillery to fire on the armoured targets without the risk of being overrun or outmaneuvered by infantry. Instructions and advice on how to best do an AMA. Want to do an AMA or know someone who does? Message the mods! Comments should be on-topic and contribute.ĭiscussions are limited to events over 20 years ago.If a post breaks one of our rules or guidelines you will be informed about it. So it is perfectly normally for your post to not show up in the new listing. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French nobility is!Īll posts will be reviewed by a human moderator first before they become visible to all subscribers on the subreddit. r/History is a place for discussions about history. Join the r/history Discord server to chat with other history enthusiast!
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